I think that the country where a player is from isn't important in poker.
Isn't important his religion or his race either.
Maybe his age, because intelectual process can be affected by that, but more older a player is more experienced too.
I agree with scrawnybob about that some countries have gambling embedded in their culture.
But today with internet, cable TV, etc, any player in any country can be a good player.
A good example that things embedded in culture that makes good players is per example soccer.
You can find good soccer players in my country: Uruguay playing in the most important world leagues. My country have a little more than 3M people here.
You cannot find good players from New Zealand (just as example), because his favourite sport is rugby, so if a New Zealand child wanna play competitive soccer he won't find it there in New Zealand.
You can form a good soccer player here in Uruguay, you cannot in New Zealand.
But if we talk about poker, I think that our globalized world can help to anybody to reach his goal.
Sorry about my english.
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